Eiki 永 櫧

Background

Eiki was born in Edo, he was the son of Sokan Kikakudo VI, haiku poet.

Career

Eiki was a master also of calligraphy, painting and tea ceremony. He travelled on foot all over Japan and his disciples numbered more than 1,000. Then he moved the Kikakudo Hall,a place of gathering tor poets, from the compound of the Benten Temple, Shi-nobazu, Ueno, to the Mimeguri Shrine, Mukojima, and lived close to it. After he was succeeded by Kiichi as Kikakudo, he resided at Momijiyama, Shiba, assuming the name of Rosodo, or Old Mouse.

Connections

Father:

Sokan Kikakudo VI